Sedig Jakob, Snow Meradeth, Searcy Michael, Diaz José Luis Punzo, LeBlanc Steven, Ramos Frank, Eccles Laurie, Reich David
Department of Human Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Department of Anthropology, University of Montana, Missoula, MT, USA.
Antiquity. 2024 Aug;98(400):1023-1039. doi: 10.15184/aqy.2024.94. Epub 2024 Aug 13.
This study reports results from the ancient DNA analysis of a unique child burial at Paquimé, northern Chihuahua, Mexico. Located between Mesoamerican and Ancestral Puebloan groups, Paquimé (also known as Casas Grandes) was a vibrant multicultural centre during the 13th-14th centuries AD. Archaeologists have long debated Paquimé's social organization. Our analysis of Burial 23-8 has revealed that this child, placed under the centre post of an important room, had parents who were close genetic relatives. We argue that this child's consanguinity and special depositional context resulted from an elite family's practice of aggrandizing social status.
本研究报告了对墨西哥奇瓦瓦州北部帕基梅一处独特儿童墓葬进行古DNA分析的结果。帕基梅（也被称为大卡萨）位于中美洲和普韦布洛祖先群体之间，在公元13至14世纪是一个充满活力的多元文化中心。长期以来，考古学家一直在争论帕基梅的社会组织。我们对23 - 8号墓葬的分析表明，这个被安置在一个重要房间中心支柱下的孩子，其父母是近亲。我们认为，这个孩子的近亲关系和特殊的埋葬背景是一个精英家庭提升社会地位做法的结果。
